The company on Friday filed an application with the U.S.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to amend a presidential
permit and authorization under the Natural Gas Act to permit it
to ship 700 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of natural gas on
the Mier-Monterrey pipeline from the existing 425 mmcfd.

"The increase in capability to move gas through the existing
cross-border facilities will be accomplished by system
modifications to nonjurisdictional facilities upstream of KMTP's
cross-border facility," Kinder said in the filing.

The 95-mile Mier-Monterrey pipeline runs through
international borders between Starr County, Texas, into
Monterrey, Mexico, where it connects to a 1,000 megawatt power
plant complex and into Pemex-Gas Y Petroquimica Basica's
natural gas transportation system, Kinder said on its
website.

Pemex currently ships gas on the pipeline.

Kinder is asking for the authorization by no later than June
1.

A Kinder spokesman said the company had "no announcements
regarding customers or additional color to provide at this
time."